Today’s playlist pays tribute to all the elusive, lumbering missing links that have blurred and plaster casted their way into our hearts. Without these mysterious gentle giants, who knows what sort of dead bodies we’d be pretending to find.

• Dan Freyer – “I Still Believe in Bigfoot”

Written in 2002, Freyer’s patriotic paean to both the existence (and proud American citizenship) of Bigfoot has been embraced by fringe media outlets such as Coast to Coast AM and Cryptomundo.com, and remains a well-worn jukebox favorite among Bigfoot acolytes. A note to amateur cryptozoologists: While the song rallies against lumping Bigfoot in with the likes of Sasquatch and the abominable snowman, it also compares him to Dolly Parton and Osama Bin Laden, so, taxonomically speaking, it’s not exactly a peer-reviewed primary source document.

• Tenacious D – “Sasquatch”
In this song from Tenacious D’s beloved HBO series, Sasquatch inspires more than just a hilarious anthem – he inspires a dream. After being jeeringly informed that their belief in The D’s rock star potential is tantamount to belief in the existence of Sasquatch, Kyle Gass and Jack Black find their frowns inverted when the legendary creature shows up to audition for the band.

• Radiorama – “Yeti”

Though not quite a household name, if you like a musical genre called “Italo-Disco,” Radiorama is apparently the cat’s PJs. In this 1987 European club hit from their album “The 2nd Album” (which also features a song called “Aliens”), Radiorama sing a winsome serenade to the majestic monster, pining, “I want your soul and I really like listening to your heart.” Catchy and factual.

• Barry Gray – “The Abominable Snowman”

A British composer best known for writing aurally compelling theme music for all of Britain’s visually unsettling “Supermarionation” shows, including “Thunderbirds,” “Stingray” and “Supercar,” Gray penned this fittingly strange tune for a yeti-centric 33 rpm “Thunderbirds” mini album.

• The Weakerthans – “Bigfoot”

This standout track from The Weakerthan’s uniformly wonderful album “Reunion Tour” is sung from the perspective of a downhearted Canadian Bigfoot enthusiast who, being met with the mocking “doubtful smiles” of skeptic peers, has resigned himself to lonely, silent, but no less fervent, belief. A perfect addition to any Bigfoot hunter’s “rainy day” playlist.

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